Kevin, Yes, this would be the view and you could change it by going to the view tab. In Word 2013, and I think 2010 as well, alt+W will get you to the view tab. Then use your tab key to move through the possible views. Whichever view you are defaulting to will be checked.
I hope this helps. Kimber On 5/1/15, Kevin Hourigan via Jfw <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Ed, > Thank you for this. > When you refer to print and draft is that when Word opens and Jaws says > "Print View"? And if so, how does one move from print to draft please? > Thanks again, > Cheers Kevin. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ed Marquette via Jfw > Sent: Friday, May 01, 2015 1:26 AM > To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' > Cc: Ed Marquette > Subject: RE: Shortcuts for track changes in Word > > Hello Paul: > I don't know that my solution has semantic significance, but here > is what I did. > I assigned the "Next" and "Previous" commands to the quick access > toolbar. That way, when I want to go forward I use Alt plus 4, > and if I want to go backwards, I use Alt plus 3. That way, I move > by revision. It is at least fast. > I thought you said you were in Word 2010. When I checked the key > sequence, I found that Alt followed by r and then f moves back a > change and Alt followed by r and then h moves forward to the next > change. (I had to check since I assigned these keys so long ago > that I forgot them.) > Actually, that key sequence does not has semantic significance at > first blush, but "r" does relate to "revisions," though it > actually stands for "review" in the Microsoft world, and f is to > the left (going backwards on a line) and h is to the right (going > forward on a line. So, it isn't impossible to remember. > To assign a key sequence to the quick access toolbar, just hit alt > and then r. Be sure to hit tab next. Then, hit right arrow until > you come to the end of the comment section. The track change > sequence of ribbon commands should come next. Then use the tab > key (otherwise, you will skip over some of the commands). You > will come to a series of 4 ribbon commands. > The first is previous revision, then comes accept and move to > next. Then follows reject and move on. Finally you come simply > to next revision. > Once you have landed on the option you want, JAWS should announce > the key sequence to get there faster. Confirm that the key > sequences I gave you (above) are correct. > Again, once there, hit the applications key and choose to put the > command you want on the quick access toolbar. You should do > previous first. That should assign it a lower numbered hotkey > (like my Alt plus 3 for previous). Then assign your next revision > key to the quick access toolbar (or QAT). That should give you a > higher number, e.g., Alt plus 4. Of course, your numbers will > depend upon what you already have on the QAT. Out of the box, > Word has some utterly worthless commands (commands where other > shortcut keys are faster). Get rid of those, and put useful ones > on the QAT. > Of course, Alt plus r and then f and Alt plus r and then h isn't > really all that bad. The only unfortunate thing is that "f" gets > associated in my mind with "forward," when it is really backward. > As for comments, the same principles apply. JAWS, however, in my > experience, does a lousy job with comments. Once inside them, it > is nearly impossible to get out and not land somewhere entirely > unexpected. > Using the Windows plus semicolon is about as good as any. Find > the comment you want that way and then tab to OK. Press ENTER and > you'll be in the document (right in front of the comment. If, in > your verbosity menu, you have turned on the reading of comments, > as your cursor passes over the comment, you will hear it. > If you ever get inside a comment and want to get out, may God have > mercy on you. The only way I've found to get out of a comment > halfway gracefully is to make sure you are in "draft" before you > start the adventure. If you are in "Print," you may have to close > down Word to get out. > If you are in "Draft," escape will get you out, but you may be > thrown to the top of the document. > Also, you know JAWSKEY plus z allows you to use navigation keys. > In a small document, those work OK. In a big document, not so > much. > Hope this helps. As I mentioned in a recent post DO NOT depend on > JAWS commands to tell you the color of the track changes. JAWS, > especially JAWS 16, is hopelessly unreliable. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul > Martz via Jfw > Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 7:42 PM > To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' > Cc: Paul Martz > Subject: RE: Shortcuts for track changes in Word > > That's interesting, and thanks. But it seems to bring up either > comments or changes, not both at once. And unfortunately it's > doesn't stay open for an > alt+tab. I'm using Office 2010, if that matters, and current / > latest JAWS. > > On a related topic, does anyone know how to get JAWS to read a > comment? I'm having some luck here by selecting the comment text > with ctrl+A, but I wonder if there's a more elegant way. > -Paul > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim > Ford via Jfw > Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 5:27 PM > To: The Jaws for Windows support list. > Cc: Tim Ford > Subject: Re: Shortcuts for track changes in Word > > Hi Paul, > > For starters, I use the windows key plus the ;. That brings up a > JAWS-friendly list box of the fields in the Word document that are > comments, revisions, footnotes, endnotes,and provide a link to > each, along with the author's name and at least the opening part > of the comment. Very helpful, and I think you can leave that > window with the list open, and with alt-tab, an easy way of > navigating between the document and that list. Let me know how > things go with that approach. > > Tim Ford > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Martz via Jfw > Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 3:54 PM > To: JAWS Users > Cc: Paul Martz > Subject: Shortcuts for track changes in Word > > Hi all. I need to develop a scheme of keyboard shortcuts for > reviewing MS Word documents using track changes. I'd rather not > reinvent the wheel, so if someone here has already devised an > efficient system, could you please share it? > > The simplest idea would be to assign keyboard shortcuts for the > "next/previous change or comment" commands. I'd use those > shortcuts to place the PC cursor at the desired change or comment, > review it, and then take an action using the context menu. > > Not sure what key commands I would assign, though. Ctrl+shift+O / > P for the "next/previous change or comment" would work well > ergonomically, as an example, but lacks semantic significance, so > I'm open to other ideas. > > Thanks for any input. > -Paul > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachme > nts/201504 > 30/4a80b368/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > -- Kimberly _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
